Anti-Semitism on the Left and Right Brings U.S. Jews Together
At this year’s AIPAC meeting in Washington, familiar disputes about Israel took a back seat to worries that are closer to home.
Getting uncomfortable.
Photographer: Andrew Harrer/BloombergIn the days prior to the annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which took place in Washington this week, the progressive policy organization MoveOn urged Democratic presidential candidates to skip the event. Many, including Senators Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris, said that they would.
The boycott was fictitious in some ways, as AIPAC does not typically invite candidates to speak in non-election years. Yet it attracted notice, mostly because it seemed to buttress complaints from liberals who argue that the leading U.S. pro-Israel lobby leans right and is not hospitable to Democrats and progressives.